Table 2.
NHS AECOPD symptoms paired with Doc@Home prompts.
| Doc@Home prompts | Response-triggering alert | Related NHS AECOPD key symptoms | |
| 1. Have you been feeling more tired than usual over the last 24 hours? | More than usual | Increased fatigue / reduced exercise tolerance | |
| 2. How is your breathlessness today? | More than usual | Increased dyspnea, wheeze, and/or cough | |
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2a. Is that on normal activities/ exertion or rest? | Doing less than usual | Increased dyspnea, wheeze, and/or cough |
| 3. Has your sleep been affected by coughing or shortness of breath? | More than usual | Increased dyspnea, wheeze, and/or cough | |
| 4. Have you produced sputum in the last 24 hours? | More than usual | Increased sputum purulence and increased sputum volume | |
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4a. What color is your sputum? | Any if quantity is more than usual | Increased sputum purulence and increased sputum volume |
| 5. Are your ankles or feet swollen this morning? | More than usual | Fluid retention | |
| 6. How able are you to do your self-care activities (dressing/ bathing)? | Not at all | Increased fatigue / reduced exercise tolerance | |
| 7. Have you had to use your relieving medication in the last 24 hours? | More than usual | None | |
| 8. How anxious have you been over the last 24 hours? | Much more than usual | None | |
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8a. How have you coped with your anxiety? | Any if anxiety level much more than usual | None |
| 9. How has your general health been in the last 24 hours? (1=normal for me; 10=extremely poor) | No response captured in the system | None | |
| 10. Have you had any problems in walking about in the past week? (yes/some/no) | No response set to trigger alert | Increased fatigue / reduced exercise tolerance | |
| 11. Have you had problems doing your usual activities in the past week? | No response set to trigger alert | Increased fatigue / reduced exercise tolerance | |
| 12. Have you had to contact the following within the last 24 hours? (no-one, COPD service, GP, hospital) | No response set to trigger alert | None | |
| 13. Blood pressure-Bluetooth systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | Personally adjusted parameter | None | |
| 14. Blood pressure-Bluetooth diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | Personally adjusted parameter | None | |
| 15. SpO2 reading-Bluetooth O2 (%) | Personally adjusted parameter | None | |
| 16. SpO2 reading-Bluetooth pulse rate (bpm) | Personally adjusted parameter | None | |